2022 South Dakota State Treasurer election
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The 2022 South Dakota State Treasurer election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the state treasurer of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Josh Haeder was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger John Cunningham in a landslide.[1]
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Josh Haeder, incumbent state treasurer[2]
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- John Cunningham, retired Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel[3]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Josh Haeder (incumbent) | 219,334 | 67.02% | ||
| Democratic | John Cunningham | 107,916 | 32.98% | ||
| Total votes | 327,250 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
[edit]| County[4] | Josh Haeder Republican |
John Cunningham Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 811 | 72.87% | 302 | 27.13% | 509 | 45.73% | 1,113 |
| Beadle | 4,656 | 80.81% | 1,106 | 19.19% | 3,550 | 61.61% | 5,762 |
| Bennett | 582 | 60.88% | 374 | 39.12% | 208 | 21.76% | 956 |
| Bon Homme | 1,745 | 73.72% | 622 | 26.28% | 1,123 | 47.44% | 2,367 |
| Brookings | 7,096 | 61.96% | 4,356 | 38.04% | 2,740 | 23.93% | 11,452 |
| Brown | 8,482 | 64.56% | 4,657 | 35.44% | 3,825 | 29.11% | 13,139 |
| Brule | 1,375 | 70.77% | 568 | 29.23% | 807 | 41.53% | 1,943 |
| Buffalo | 139 | 37.07% | 236 | 62.93% | -97 | -25.87% | 375 |
| Butte | 3,217 | 80.71% | 769 | 19.29% | 2,448 | 61.41% | 3,986 |
| Campbell | 553 | 86.95% | 83 | 13.05% | 470 | 73.90% | 636 |
| Charles Mix | 2,014 | 69.45% | 886 | 30.55% | 1,128 | 38.90% | 2,900 |
| Clark | 1,128 | 77.21% | 333 | 22.79% | 795 | 54.41% | 1,461 |
| Clay | 2,116 | 48.11% | 2,282 | 51.89% | -166 | -3.77% | 4,398 |
| Codington | 7,203 | 70.79% | 2,972 | 29.21% | 4,231 | 41.58% | 10,175 |
| Corson | 499 | 56.32% | 387 | 43.68% | 112 | 12.64% | 886 |
| Custer | 3,680 | 75.85% | 1,172 | 24.15% | 2,508 | 51.69% | 4,852 |
| Davison | 4,761 | 70.26% | 2,015 | 29.74% | 2,746 | 40.53% | 6,776 |
| Day | 1,502 | 64.05% | 843 | 35.95% | 659 | 28.10% | 2,345 |
| Deuel | 1,412 | 75.03% | 470 | 24.97% | 942 | 50.05% | 1,882 |
| Dewey | 611 | 40.92% | 882 | 59.08% | -271 | -18.15% | 1,493 |
| Douglas | 1,210 | 88.13% | 163 | 11.87% | 1,047 | 76.26% | 1,373 |
| Edmunds | 1,230 | 78.05% | 346 | 21.95% | 884 | 56.09% | 1,576 |
| Fall River | 2,685 | 76.45% | 827 | 23.55% | 1,858 | 52.90% | 3,512 |
| Faulk | 730 | 81.38% | 167 | 18.62% | 563 | 62.76% | 897 |
| Grant | 2,201 | 73.93% | 776 | 26.07% | 1,425 | 47.87% | 2,977 |
| Gregory | 1,533 | 79.68% | 391 | 20.32% | 1,142 | 59.36% | 1,924 |
| Haakon | 846 | 90.97% | 84 | 9.03% | 762 | 81.94% | 930 |
| Hamlin | 2,034 | 80.55% | 491 | 19.45% | 1,543 | 61.11% | 2,525 |
| Hand | 1,219 | 84.36% | 226 | 15.64% | 993 | 68.72% | 1,445 |
| Hanson | 1,216 | 79.84% | 307 | 20.16% | 909 | 59.68% | 1,523 |
| Harding | 612 | 94.01% | 39 | 5.99% | 573 | 88.02% | 651 |
| Hughes | 5,304 | 73.71% | 1,892 | 26.29% | 3,412 | 47.42% | 7,196 |
| Hutchinson | 2,385 | 80.74% | 569 | 19.26% | 1,816 | 61.48% | 2,954 |
| Hyde | 442 | 80.22% | 109 | 19.78% | 333 | 60.44% | 551 |
| Jackson | 609 | 68.50% | 280 | 31.50% | 329 | 37.01% | 889 |
| Jerauld | 640 | 78.34% | 177 | 21.66% | 463 | 56.67% | 817 |
| Jones | 397 | 88.22% | 53 | 11.78% | 344 | 76.44% | 450 |
| Kingsbury | 1,780 | 75.46% | 579 | 24.54% | 1,201 | 50.91% | 2,359 |
| Lake | 3,092 | 67.91% | 1,461 | 32.09% | 1,631 | 35.82% | 4,553 |
| Lawrence | 7,982 | 69.08% | 3,572 | 30.92% | 4,410 | 38.17% | 11,554 |
| Lincoln | 17,433 | 67.01% | 8,584 | 32.99% | 8,849 | 34.01% | 26,017 |
| Lyman | 836 | 69.26% | 371 | 30.74% | 465 | 38.53% | 1,207 |
| Marshall | 1,056 | 60.59% | 687 | 39.41% | 369 | 21.17% | 1,743 |
| McCook | 1,752 | 74.33% | 605 | 25.67% | 1,147 | 48.66% | 2,357 |
| McPherson | 906 | 85.96% | 148 | 14.04% | 758 | 71.92% | 1,054 |
| Meade | 8,576 | 76.83% | 2,586 | 23.17% | 5,990 | 53.66% | 11,162 |
| Mellette | 383 | 64.26% | 213 | 35.74% | 170 | 28.52% | 596 |
| Miner | 651 | 72.90% | 242 | 27.10% | 409 | 45.80% | 893 |
| Minnehaha | 40,546 | 58.88% | 28,313 | 41.12% | 12,233 | 17.77% | 68,859 |
| Moody | 1,575 | 63.56% | 903 | 36.44% | 672 | 27.12% | 2,478 |
| Oglala Lakota | 243 | 10.23% | 2,132 | 89.77% | -1,889 | -79.54% | 2,375 |
| Pennington | 28,661 | 66.97% | 14,138 | 33.03% | 14,523 | 33.93% | 42,799 |
| Perkins | 1,098 | 86.39% | 173 | 13.61% | 925 | 72.78% | 1,271 |
| Potter | 871 | 84.07% | 165 | 15.93% | 706 | 68.15% | 1,036 |
| Roberts | 1,956 | 58.79% | 1,371 | 41.21% | 585 | 17.58% | 3,327 |
| Sanborn | 762 | 79.79% | 193 | 20.21% | 569 | 59.58% | 955 |
| Spink | 1,837 | 72.29% | 704 | 27.71% | 1,133 | 44.59% | 2,541 |
| Stanley | 1,082 | 77.51% | 314 | 22.49% | 768 | 55.01% | 1,396 |
| Sully | 616 | 81.27% | 142 | 18.73% | 474 | 62.53% | 758 |
| Todd | 429 | 22.87% | 1,447 | 77.13% | -1,018 | -54.26% | 1,876 |
| Tripp | 1,760 | 81.56% | 398 | 18.44% | 1,362 | 63.11% | 2,158 |
| Turner | 2,782 | 76.37% | 861 | 23.63% | 1,921 | 52.73% | 3,643 |
| Union | 4,701 | 72.67% | 1,768 | 27.33% | 2,933 | 45.34% | 6,469 |
| Walworth | 1,570 | 80.64% | 377 | 19.36% | 1,193 | 61.27% | 1,947 |
| Yankton | 5,205 | 63.86% | 2,946 | 36.14% | 2,259 | 27.71% | 8,151 |
| Ziebach | 318 | 50.56% | 311 | 49.44% | 7 | 1.11% | 629 |
| Totals | 219,334 | 67.02% | 107,916 | 32.98% | 111,418 | 34.05% | 327,250 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/09/south-dakota-election-results-live-marijuana-governor-2022/69631812007/
- ^ https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2021/09/24/treasury-secretary-josh-haeder-announces-re-election-bid/
- ^ https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2022/07/09/sioux-falls-east-river-candidates-south-dakotas-democratic-ticket-election-2022/10006142002/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z114833v114833d--48--b--48--&gca-ft=138&gca-ds=sophi
- ^ a b Barnett, Steve (November 15, 2022). "2022 General Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 16, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2026.